Camps/Tournaments

The bracket is set for 2019 Men's NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Championship and four Lightning collegiate prospects will be participating.

Freshman Nick Perbix, D, and the top-ranked St. Cloud State Huskies (30-5-3) will play #19 American International (22-16-1) on Friday, March 29 at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN3. The Huskies enter the tournament as the #1 seed in the West Regional to be played at Scheels Arena in Fargo, ND. Freshman Cole Guttman, C, and the #5 ranked Denver Pioneers (22-11-5) will join St. Cloud State in the West Regionals, and will be the #2 seed. The Pioneers will play at 4 pm ET on Friday March 29 against #8 Ohio State (20-10-5) televised on ESPNU.

Sophmore Alex Green, D, and the #10 Cornell Big Red (20-10-4) enter the tournament as the #3 seed in the East Regional and will square off against #6 Northeastern (27-10-1) at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI at 4:30 pm ET on Saturday March 30 and televised on ESPNews.

Freshman Cole Koepke, F, and the #4 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (25-11-2) will be the Midwest Regional #1 seed and take on #13 Bowling Green (25-10-5) at 4 pm ET on Saturday March 30 at the PPL Center in Allentown, PA and televised on ESPNU.

Regional Final matches (quarterfinals) will be played March 30-31 (ESPNU and ESPN2) with the Frozen Four schedule for April 11 and 13 (ESPN2) at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY.

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning today announced the 24-man roster that will represent the team at the 2018 Prospect Showcase, presented by Florida Blue, which will be held at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida from September 8-11. The Lightning squad is also scheduled to practice at the Brandon Ice Sports Forum on September 7 and September 8 before heading to Estero.

The Lightning team consists of some of the organization’s top prospects, including 2017 first-round pick Cal Foote and 2017-18 CHL Player of the Year Alex Barre-Boulet. Tampa Bay will have a total of six former second-round selections participating in the Prospect Showcase, including its top pick in 2018, Gabriel Fortier, who spent last season with Baie-Comeau of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Other notable players expected to attend are forwards Mitchell Stephens, Mathieu Joseph, Taylor Raddysh and Alexander Volkov, defensemen Erik Cernak and Oleg Sosunov, as well as goaltender Connor Ingram.

As I prepare to head to Estero next Sunday and hopefully get a couple of days to watch camp and exhibitions, I’ve been thinking about where the big guy will eventually top out. He can’t really bust because he’s a low round reach in the draft. What constitutes a home run will likely be in the eye of each beholder. I’ll say if he graduates from prospect status prior to aging out on a contending Lightning team, that’ll be a homerun for me.

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning announced today that they will participate in the 2018 NHL Prospects Showcase, a three-team tournament at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida from September 8-11. The Lightning will field a team of their top prospects to compete against those of the Washington Capitals and the Nashville Predators. The games are free and open to the public. The Lightning’s participation is presented by Florida Blue.

The Lightning’s full practice schedule and roster will be made available at a later date. The complete game schedule is below: